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Take 5 at 5: Films that are also song titles (kind of)

25 June 2017 –
Article AuthorKerr Nairn

People the world over know EIFF 17 is in full swing, but you might have heard there’s also a parochial affair called ‘Glastonbury’ (or something like that) going on in a field in Somerset this weekend? So, in honour of that, I’ve compiled a TOP 5 of EIFF 17 films that share their name with a song.

Teenage Superstars struck me as a title that surely must be a song, Google furnished me with the facts and right enough I came across the Euro-tastic tune by Dutch pop-rock singer Kin-Lian. I urge you to have a listen at your own risk!

OK, Modern Life is Rubbish is actually the name of Blur’s 2nd album and not strictly a song but it seemed like too obvious a choice not to include. Vaguely remember seeing a video for Sunday Sunday on the Chart Show on a Saturday morning when I was a kid.

Yeah, I know, they’re a band. But a Scottish one, plus my parents were enthusiastic fans of Fishermen Blues which they play to this day. They’re still going strong, performing in Norway tonight if you’re interested.

This is quickly turning into a Top 5 of films with a musical slant…
Scottish fiddle music isn’t something I know a great deal about, but I have a few friends who play – one who used to coin it in busking on the streets of Dundee at weekends when we were at art school.

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